Sentences with phrase «when pollsters»

When pollsters explicitly asked people what they thought of «increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leading to changes in weather patterns,» nearly two - thirds replied that the problem was «somewhat serious» or «very serious.»

We are not surprised when these pollsters report different results on the same day.

Over all, young people, like Americans generally, still tend to place climate change and energy problems low on lists when pollsters ask them to name their concerns.

A recent survey from the Field Poll found that 69 percent of registered voters favored the measure, although support dropped to just 30 percent when pollsters explained that it would undo parts of Proposition 227 — suggesting voters are still unfamiliar with the initiative.

But when pollsters asked about support for the concept of common standards — without the Common Core label — 68 percent of people were supportive.

When pollsters provided their subjects with positive information about both Faso and his opponent, Ryan's lead slipped to 43 to 41 percent, while Delgado's fell two points to trail Faso 41 to 43 percent.

This seems very much in line with the polling we got last year, when pollsters were doing regular London polls because of the Mayoral contest.

For example, when pollsters fail to prompt by party names when asking voting intention, the Lib Dem vote share falls by several percentage points.

When pollsters make surveys they are only interested in figuring out the present state of the people's ideological preferences.

When pollsters ask voters about their priorities, employment is always at or near the top of the list.

What happens when a pollster calls into a campaign event headlined by a mayoral candidate?

When a pollster asks their opinions about a race, low - participation voters might migrate to the candidate they've actually heard of, which would favor Clinton over Sanders.

Most people have no idea what it is when the pollster asks.

Not exact matches

He had told Business Insider in March that he'd «only been wrong like this twice in my life» when discussing how Michigan pollsters, including himself, missed Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont's shocking victory in the state's Democratic primary.

At 6:35 p.m. on November 8, when most pollsters and pundits believed Clinton would carry the election, WikiLeaks messaged Trump Jr. and suggested Trump contest the results because it would help him mount an opposition media brand, and that it would expose «media corruption, primary corruption, PAC corruption, etc..»

The writ was still falling when one pollster invoked the words «Seinfeld election,» a tired phrase suggesting this is a campaign about nothing.

Also, Americans typically underpromise and overdeliver when it comes to Christmas spending estimates, expressing caution to pollsters, then spending on extras when they actually hit the stores.

When you listen, you'll hear how pollsters in the most recent presidential election didn't get it wrong.

An era when less than 10 percent of voters respond to pollsters, and where mass opinion changes rapidly, will be one where Election Day is again a day of drama.

Yet when droves of well - educated women took on jobs and busy schedules, they too tended to pray more than men, to attend services more, and to affirm (to pollsters) more religious beliefs.

Not when three quarters of American Christians tell pollsters that they think the phrase «God helps those who help themselves» can be found in the Bible.

Pollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper, Ben Ephson has said, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ascended to the height of double standards, when it questioned the credibility of the five - member team that was empanelled by the Electoral Commission (EC) to assess calls for a new voters register.

Voters are already hesitant to share with pollsters opinions they may believe are unpopular, so it is hard to imagine many freely admitting that their decisions are driven by the pleasure they get when they see others suffer.

Siena pollster Don Levy: «When we took a look specifically at three functions of government and asked New Yorkers «Who do ya think is doing a better job, local or state,» - there's where the big difference really jumps out.

Siena pollster Steve Greenberg notes that 71 percent of respondents gave Governor Andrew Cuomo a negative rating for his work to reduce corruption, and that Cuomo and the Legislature «did little to win over the hearts and minds of New Yorkers» when it comes to ethics reform.

The British history of polling misses does seem exceptional however when compared to the track record of pollsters in some other countries.

And pollsters will need to find a way to prevent over-statement of the Lib Dem vote share when so many potential supporters remain unconverted.

When asked by pollsters what they would vote, these voters answered «Don't Know», rather than admit to supporting the Conservative Party.

Or people's reticence when it came to admitting to pollsters that they voted Conservative?

Pollsters have repeatedly included the former Central Brooklyn state senator alongside Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Comptroller Scott Stringer when surveying voters on potential primary match - ups.

Tories confessed when quizzed by pollsters Ipsos - MORI.

In addition the BPC has called for greater transparency from pollsters, including logging in advance when each conducts a survey, stating clearly how the weighting has changed from poll to poll, releasing «micro data» for scrutiny and providing much more accurate gauges of the margin of error.

Pollsters found that Osborne's ratings had plunged since July when he announced his controversial crackdown on tax credits.

GOP poll finds support for spending cuts: Resurgent Republic, a conservative non-profit founded by pollster Whit Ayres and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, released a poll Tuesday showing that voters care about cutting spending even when told it will mean «slashing» important programs.

There was a lot of argument about when crossover would come, when the Tories would retake the lead, pollsters publicly saying maybe that would come in January this year or Easter.

However, pollster Steve Greenberg says that when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November and asked whether they would vote yes or no to approve an amendment to «allow the Legislature to authorize up to seven casinos in New York State for the legislated purposes of promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes through revenues generated,» 55 percent said yes they would approve it, compared to 42 percent who say no they would not.

He said, in short, campaigns attack pollsters when they don't like the results.

When campaigns don't like poll results — and we've seen this from Democrats and Republicans — they attack the pollster.

«Heaney's job in winning the primary is considerably harder when he's viewed unfavorably by a 16 - point margin and Faso is viewed favorably by a 17 - point margin,» Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said.

«Astorino has a huge gap to close, and it's hard to beat a popular incumbent when you face a two - to - one party disadvantage and you are unknown to two - thirds of voters, including 70 percent of your own party,» said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

But true too are two other facts: Astorino has a huge gap to close, and it's hard to beat a popular incumbent when you face a two - to - one party disadvantage and you are unknown to two - thirds of voters, including 70 percent of your own party,» said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

On the other hand, no voters perhaps don't like publicly saying how they will vote — in keeping with when people didn't tell pollsters they would vote for John Major in 1992.

And since when do reliable pollsters predict outcomes?

Grant partnered with Remington Research Group, a pollster that made its name, in part, by predicting a Donald Trump in 2016 win when others wouldn't.

The email revealing the tensions within Labour was inadvertently leaked when Miliband adviser Torsten Bell accidentally copied in Conservative MP James Morris, rather than the Labour pollster of the same name.

«When 79 % of voters tell the pollsters that they don't trust any MPs, the party promising «independence» — for Britain from the EU, but also for the individual from the state — suddenly seems appealing.

The PAC is using a pollster and political consultant, Doug Schoen and Bradley Tusk, connected to former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, once the Senate Republicans» biggest individual donor and a charter school champion when he was in office.

What is amazing is the «Reverse Bradley Effect» (which gets broadwayjoe so angry) because people are not telling the full truth to pollsters - people do not want to sound racist on the phone - so they say they like Obama when they really don't.

Quinnipiac University pollster Maurice Carroll said he thinks it's what happens when leaders have been around a while.

As Deborah Mattinson, his pollster, details in her book, Talking to a Brick Wall, Brown marginalised her when she told him how unpopular he was.)